NE Kan. man charged with killing boy, 4

Thursday

Mar 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Authorities in northeast Kansas say a 27-year-old Hiawatha man is charged in the death of a 4-year-old boy.

AP

Authorities in northeast Kansas say a 27-year-old Hiawatha man is charged in the death of a 4-year-old boy.Brown County Prosecutor Kevin Hill says Lee Davis IV, also known as Jimmy Davis, was charged with first-degree murder and felony abuse of the child, who died Tuesday.Davis is being held on $2 million bond and is expected to have a lawyer formally appointed for him Thursday or Friday.The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the child was taken by air ambulance from Hiawatha Community Hospital on Sunday to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, where he died Tuesday.A preliminary hearing for Davis has been set for March 13.